Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 20:25:48 -0400 From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@compar.com> To: "Murray Taylor" <murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com>, <kientzle@acm.org> Cc: Murray Taylor <taylorm@bytecraft.au.com> Subject: Re: getfsent(3) and spaces in fstab Message-ID: <002201c356fa$4a66a700$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <20030730224505.GD531@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> <1059607242.64020.5.camel@mjtdev1.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com> <3F285560.2090607@acm.org> <1059608748.64020.10.camel@mjtdev1.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com>
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No, none of these methods will work. This very discussion came up in -questions a few months ago (or maybe it was late last year). The conclusion was that unless someone rewrites the /etc/fstab parsing routines in libc to support quoted and/or escaped spaces, we'll never be able to mount filesystems that have spaces in their names. -- Matt Emmerton > Just a thort, not having tried it .. > > does either of the 'standard' methods of including spaces actually work > in fstab ?? > > I speak of quoting (either single or double) and backslashing the space > > "/mnt/space/silly long dirname/filename also with spaces" > > or > > /mnt/space/silly\ long\ dirname/filename\ also\ with\ spaces > > > mjt > > On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 23:31, Tim Kientzle wrote: > > >>Do file system names and mount points with whitespaces violate the > > >>specification of fstab? If so, the least thing I'd suggest is the document > > >>this restriction. > > >> > > >>Or should one extend 'getfsent' such that is able to cope with those > > >>whitespaces? I am not sure whether this would have any further > > >>implications so I am asking here. > > > > Formal standards tend to avoid "system administration" > > issues such as this. I doubt you would be violating any > > published standard. > > > > I say go for it. If something else breaks because > > of this change, let's fix that, too. I like the fact > > that FreeBSD works pretty well with other systems; lets > > keep pushing that. > > > > Tim Kientzle > > > > > > ************************************************************************ > > This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. > > ************************************************************************ > -- > Murray Taylor > Special Projects Engineer > --------------------------------- > Bytecraft Systems & Entertainment > P: +61 3 8710 2555 > F: +61 3 8710 2599 > D: +61 3 9238 4275 > M: +61 417 319 256 > E: murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com > or visit us on the web > http://www.bytecraftsystems.com > http://www.bytecraftentertainment.com > > > > ************************************************************************ > This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. > ************************************************************************ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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